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go great guns

go great gun
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [goh greyt guhn]
    • /goʊ greɪt gʌn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [goh greyt guhn]
    • /goʊ greɪt gʌn/

Definitions of go great guns words

  • noun go great guns to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc 0
  • noun go great guns to act with speed and efficiency 0

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Parts of speech for Go great guns

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

go great guns popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for go great guns

verb go great guns

  • propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
  • accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
  • storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
  • progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
  • promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.

adj go great guns

  • animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
  • ardent — Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about something or someone.
  • blazing — Blazing sun or blazing hot weather is very hot.
  • burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
  • devout — A devout person has deep religious beliefs.

Antonyms for go great guns

verb go great guns

  • hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
  • retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
  • back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
  • hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.

adj go great guns

  • discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • dispirited — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
  • impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
  • uncaring — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
  • cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.

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